-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 07:22:10PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 02:23:38PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:20:48PM +0000, stephen parkinson wrote: > > > assume perfect driver, what is difference in stopping distance 30mph cf > > > 35mph > > > > According to the ODOT Driver Manual[1], page 39 (in the PDF, 33 on > > printed page), you add another 80 feet to your stopping distance going > > from 30 to 40 MPH. I also learned that Oregon's speed limit silently > > raised from 65 to 70 MPH in this edition of the driver's manual... > > The UK's Highway Code calculates stopping distances from the equation: > > d = v + 0.05(v^2) (d in feet, v in mph) > > which gives an increase, from 30mph to 35mph, of 21 feet 3 inches - so > the advert's claim is 3 inches short :-) > > It also gives you "fudge factors" of x2 for wet and x10 for icy > conditions. Doesn't give you one for locking the wheels though...
Well, that explains ODOT's numbers. According to NOAA, 97% of the United States gets fewer cloudy days. And it takes a day or so for the wet roads to dry out in the lanes without sunlight, and we get more rain than Seattle. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : http://ursine.ca/ `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian. Because it *must* work. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAOvAiUzgNqloQMwcRAuDJAJwMxYQ4sgL1uiZOLgmkNjxjlvCMRQCgtsGy OOZYTB0FMI6cH+4so9VNhF4= =mVB/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
